Nissan Motorsport confirms enduro driver line-ups

Nissan Motorsport has confirmed its driver pairings for the upcoming Pirtek Enduro Cup which includes three all-new combinations.

The Braeside operation will welcome MW Motorsport’s Super2 drivers Garry Jacobson and Alex Rullo to the fold alongside former Supercars full-timer Aaren Russell, while Dean Fiore, also racing for MW Motorsport in Super2, returns for a fifth enduro campaign with the squad.

Jacobson, who won the 2016 Dunlop Super2 Series, will join Rick Kelly in the #15 Altima for the Sandown 500, Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and Vodafone Gold Coast 600 events.

Garry Jacobson was among the star co-drivers in 2017 pic: Garry Jacobson Facebook

His MW Motorsport Super2 team-mate Alex Rullo will partner Simona de Silvestro in the #78 Harvey Norman entry, while Russell teams up with Nissan’s new signing Andre Heimgartner in the #7 car.

Meanwhile, Fiore will provide some continuity by driving alongside Michael Caruso in an extension of the partnership which began at the team in 2014.

Nissan Motorsport co-owner Rick Kelly is confident Jacobson will prove to be a handy co-driver having already impressed in the MW Motorsport Super2 Altima this season.